The Osceola times., 1887-02-19
NEWS IN BRIEF.
Csapilsl from varieas ssuresA
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.
OK the 9th the Pennsylvania House Of
representatives passed u resolution for
submission Of liquor prohibition amend
uent 10 the Constitution TO q popular vote
THx report Of the academic board Of the
Annapolis Naval Academy, Just received
by the Secretary Of the Navy, recon-
mends th!rty-cight cadets 10 be dropped
Tor deficiency In studiea. Among the un-
fortunstes are J. N. Alexander. e. p. Mel
son, ID. H. Kremer and A. P. Chandler, OF
Missouri; J. r. Morris, c. =. Erd, y. Shell
Iabarger and J. @. Willis, OF Illinois; II. T.
Green, Of Kansas, and J. 7. Mason, OF New
Me xico.
President CLEVELAND gave an elegant
reception on the night Of the 10th TO the
army and navy officers.
QUEEN VICTORIA desires TO erect another
equestrian statue to the Prince Consort
IS the House Of Commons, on the l0th
Mr.. Richmond and Lord Salisbury debated
on opposite sides the Irish "plan Of cam
paign" issue.
News from Rome says the Pope, in ref
erence TO the prominence given to Catho-
lies in the German elections. maintains
that he stands by sentiments contained In
former letters.
GOVERNOR BEAVER Of Pennsylvania has
signed the joint resolution for the sub
missiop Of prohihitory constitutional
amendment TO vote Of the people.
The President has approved the Army
Appropriation BILL the Immediate Trans
portation bill, the act for the erection of q
public building at Jefferson, Tex. and the
act for the completion Of apublic building
at Santa Fe N. NJ.
STATE SUPERINTENDENT AKERs and q
committee Of the Iowa Educational Assoc
citation met at Cedar Rapids, Ia, on the
10th, and prepared plans for arranging
the Iowa exhibit at the meeting Of the Ma.
tionsl Teachers Association at Chicago in
July.
The President has vetoed the Depend
ent Parents Pension bill.
On the 11th Louis Bache, a great-grand
son Of Benjamin Franklin, died at Louis
vile, KY.
john BRIeuT has written another letter
on the Irish question In which he criticises
Gladstone sharply.
THE Secretary of the Treasury has sent
TO the House a letter from the supervising
architect OF the treasury recommending
an increase Of SiS,sl4 in the appropriation
for the Government building at Jefferson
City, Mo-
DR. 8. PRICE, Of Lexington, Ky, has
sold his bay five-year-old stallion Boston
Wilkes, by George Wilkes, dam by Ameri-
can Clay, 10 Closer Il Lyon, Laporte,
Ind. Price paid, $3.50.
SEENAroR CAMERON introduced a bill on
the 1lth appropriating sl5,0l0,0oO for naval
establishment IL contemplates the con-
struction of ten war vessels. TO be pre-
scribed by the Navy Department
GENERAL JouS A. HALDERMAN, formerly
Minister to siam, recently received q letter
from the present Minister, Colonel Jake
Child, In which the Colonel expressed con
tinued satisfaction with his post and
general pleasure In his residence in that
interesting kingdom.
In response TO friendly overtures from
China the Pope has instructed Cardinal
Simeoni to prepare convention securing <
complete liberty for missions and Catholic
residents In the Chinese Empire. The
proposals are TO be sent TO Pekin on the
22d INST
A WASHINGTON rumor intimates that
Mr.. Il. O. Graves, at present chief of the
Bureau of Engraving and Printing, will
be Treasurer Jordans successor
1T is hinted that Stanley's Emin Bey ex-
pedition is only a mask for another ambi
tious object, the nature of which will come
10 the surface later on.
QUEEN VICTORIA is suffering acutely
from rheumatism. She will make three
weeks stay ut Aiv Les Bainos in hopes
that the baths there win afford her relief
The Republican Club of New York cele-
brated Abraham Lincoln's birthday on
the l2th.
Miss RosE CLEVELAND is making fort
nights visit at the White House, and Is
being handsomely entertained
1T is thought that the Senate committee
on commerce will report favorably on the
Hennepin and Portage canal projects, but
an adverse report Is expected on the
Sturgeon Bay canal
The President has had no recurrence o,
his rheumatic trouble since his New
Years reception.
JUSTIN McCARrnY's pay for delivering a
lecture at Madison, Wis, was garnisheed
by hall manager in another town who
claimed to have been damaged $500 by Mr.,
McCarthy's failure TO I'll his date, which
he was prevented from doing by railway
washouts.
The church erected in memory of the
Duke of Albany. at Cannes, was conse
Grated ON the l2th. The Prince of Wales
and his son. Prince George, were among
the notables present.
SURVEYOR LANCASTER of the Port Of st.
Louis wants sll0,0o0 damages from the
Post-Dispatch for alleged libelous utter.
ances in the columns Of that paper
Ex GOVERNOR ST. JonN of Kansas de-
livered a logical lecture on liquor at New
York on the 18Th.
A GRANT memorial bridge across the
Potomac at Washington is the latest "pa'
triotic" projection
Miss FoRTFscuE lost her $4,000 worth OF
diamonds at Washington on the night of
the l2th, but they came back to hor with a
policeman after staying out all night
ELISHA w. DAVIS, brevet Brigadier-Cien-
eral of United States volunteers and ex-
president OF the Pennsylvania Senate,
lied on the 18th at Philadelphia.
PRINCE ALEXANDER has received from
the officers of the first Bulgarian foot
regiment red velvet album with silver
and gold adornments containing the por-
traits Of the donors. Prince Alexander
formerly was honorary colonel OF the regi-
ment
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.
A PRINCE, q cadet in the military school
in ST. Petersburg, is said 10 have com
snltted suicide on the 9th in consequences
Of the discovery that he was implicated in